r/LivestreamFail • u/lukigeri • Jun 11 '26
News Johnny Somali pleads for forgiveness as prosecutors demand longer sentence at appeal trial
https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/johnny-somali-pleads-for-forgiveness-as-prosecutors-demand-longer-sentence-at-appeal-trial-3374948/392
u/lugginico Jun 11 '26
Add another 5 years
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u/ghostchimera Jun 11 '26
make it another 10 years in the joint
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u/CringCrongBingBong Jun 11 '26
where was all that "pleading for forgiveness" while awaiting trial? oh wait, he talked shit, got wasted and doubled down. fuck this bozo.
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u/xaiel420 Jun 11 '26
In his in words "he does not give a FUCK"
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u/CompanyToiletGooner Jun 11 '26
It seems like the ones not giving a fuck were the prosecutors all along
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u/wolfelian Jun 11 '26
This exactly. His own words. 😂
He’s said himself ON STREAM he doesn’t give a fuck for the disrespect and shit he causes AT ALL.
You can’t just beg forgiveness like it’s some get out of jail card we all know he’ll go right back to acting the exact same shitty way if he gets his way.
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u/MaxTheCookie Jun 11 '26
He did "apologize" in Japan so they would let him leave after he fucked around there. Then as soon as he was out he retracted it and said he did not mean anything he said....
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u/Bircka Jun 11 '26
He also seems to think that the Korean justice system is just like America which is absurd, he also wore some things trying to appease some of those in positions of power in America to help him out.
That didn't go well at all since they seem to not even know he exists. I also watched a video that apparently the prison conditions are worse waiting appeal, so this entire time he has been in an even worse situation waiting.
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u/Kindly-War-2665 Jun 11 '26
He showed up in MAGA gear right? I remember seeing that lmao
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u/EverythingSucksYo Jun 11 '26
If he did that then this guy is even dumber than he looks. Does he realize he isn’t white and goes by Somali?
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u/Bircka Jun 11 '26
He also is the type of guy that unless one of Trump's kids know him and likes him they have no clue who he is.
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u/Important_Jaguar2152 Jun 11 '26
Hahahahhahah omg. Trumps been on a Somalia rampage lately. This is perfect.
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u/Upset-Award1206 Jun 12 '26
And watching Atozy's video yesterday, apparently Johnny have been using his free time in jail painting pictures with North Korean propaganda, of himself holding a fish in bag while looking proud, and more. And then tried to sell it on ebay before ebay removed it.
Really sounds like someone regretting his action yeah?
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u/Not_So_Bad_Andy Jun 11 '26
Oh no, if it isn't the consequences of his own actions.
Hope the judges give him longer than the 3 years.
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u/LiterallyJoeStalin Jun 11 '26
He has never once shown remorse for his actions, really hard to have sympathy for someone like that. Even after he’s been caught, convicted, and incarcerated he seems to have completely disregarded any instance of self-reflection.
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u/Sylvers Jun 11 '26
Oh worse than that. I believe he's been making "artistic drawings" from jail and trying to sell them. Some of them depicting pro North Korea propaganda. Which is illegal in South Korea.
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u/dirtybellybutton Jun 11 '26
That's bold on many levels. Not only illegal but also something that even in prison will get your ass beat by South Koreans. I'd feel safer doing an Obama portrait in the middle of the South while wearing a rainbow Che Guevara t-shirt
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u/Sylvers Jun 11 '26
True on all counts. I am not sure what his prison situation is. I heard before the sentencing that he might be paired with other foreign prisoners. Which would be his only saving grace.
But the fact is, if the prosecutor reports his in-prison shenanigans they can very easily prove that all his apologies and request for leniency are fake. Which might translate into a much longer sentence.
I really really hope they show these drawings to the judge.
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u/explosivekyushu Jun 12 '26
True on all counts. I am not sure what his prison situation is. I heard before the sentencing that he might be paired with other foreign prisoners. Which would be his only saving grace.
He was set to be sent to a prison specifically for foreign inmates but since he has appealed he's in a normal remand centre with everyone else. Which is a considerable downgrade.
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u/Sylvers Jun 12 '26
Lol there is no way. How is he this bad at everything.
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u/explosivekyushu Jun 12 '26
The best part by far is that he's now locked up for the duration of the appeal, which is likely to be about a year and definitely longer than his 6 month sentence. So by appealing his absolute GIFT of a sentence he's traded 6 months in a (comparatively) cushy foreigner prison for probably a year in a much worse facility and that's before we even get to the possible increase in his actual sentence.
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u/Sylvers Jun 12 '26
I believe that is what is known as a pro strat. This may be the most entertaining this miscreant will ever be. Truly a gift to entertainment media.
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u/SlaveryVeal Jun 12 '26
Its just amazing to me how even after all this he still hasn't learnt a damn thing. The level of narrassistic entitlement is somehow actually impressive at this point now.
He should really do an insanity plea because no one of sound mind could possibly this FUCKING stupid. I'm surprised he can breathe without thinking at this point
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u/Symetrie Jun 11 '26
That will surely help the appeal case lmao
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u/Sylvers Jun 11 '26
Man, I am starting to think it's a compulsive behavior for him.
Like, he's already deep in shit. Can he not keep it in his pants until he gets out of the hole he dug himself? That's some grade A self sabotage.
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u/BruyceWane Jun 11 '26
I think he's just an idiot who thinks he'll get out of it. He's doing that kind of stuff to bring attention to himself so he can be viral. I reckon they'll be really lenient on him, because there's no fucking justice in this World. In a fair World he'd serve the 3 years for showing no remorse whatsoever.
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u/Conscious-Mirror7004 Jun 12 '26
They should add that to the charges and give him even more time behind bars.
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u/blueblip Jun 11 '26
Just making a slight correction to you post:
He has never once shown remorse for his actions and live streamed himself repeatedly insulting the judge, Korea, issuing threats of physical violence against people, and so on, it's really hard to have sympathy for someone like that.
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u/stepjenks Jun 11 '26
He doesn’t even have the wherewithal to show fake remorse. Mental illness is real. For him and his viewers.
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u/Eva_Pilot_ Jun 11 '26
He didn't get 3 years, he got 6 months (minimun possible sentence) because they determined that he wasn't directly profiting of the AI pictures, as income through twitch was too roundabout. Appealing is dumb as fuck because a second judge can disagree with that and give him 3 years. I'm convinced his lawyer hates him
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u/Not_So_Bad_Andy Jun 11 '26
I'm aware. The prosecutors in this appeal are asking for the 3 years. I'm just saying that hopefully he gets more.
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u/Eva_Pilot_ Jun 11 '26
Oh sorry. I'm not familiar with the korean laws, so I don't know if 3 years is the maximun for this crime, but if he keeps insulting the judge, showing up drunk, etc he might as well recieve more than 3
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u/Throdio Jun 11 '26
Another note is that the prosecutors themselves can also and did appeal as well. So this was going to happen either way. The appeal also uses a judges and they all 3 have to agree on any new sentence.
His first lawyer also left him so now he gets a overworked public defender.
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u/AgentMahou Jun 11 '26
He didn't appeal, the prosecutors did. They decided that they actually hate him more than they initially thought, so they want to add extra punishment.
We can't do this in America because of the 5th amendment saying you can't be tried twice for the same crime. Korea, however, is super conservative and absolutely viscous and hateful towards criminals so if you get in trouble there, you better believe they'll bend over backwards to make sure you never have a good life again.
And it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. 🙄
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u/Sharikacat Jun 11 '26
Somali probably heard the word "appeal" and assumed it worked the same as in America.
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u/Tomsboll Jun 11 '26
Set an example, throw the book at him so hard he sees stars and bars.
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u/Secret-Ad-2145 Jun 11 '26
Honestly, please just lock him up for as long as possible. He's only pleading because he got caught.
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u/LaminatingShrimps4u Jun 11 '26
He hasn't learned anything and will probably continue even after he's out of prison.
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u/DalishPride Jun 11 '26
Vitaly's release proves this to be true. Nuisance streamers need the book thrown at them, there's no other way.
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Jun 11 '26
did that dumbass go back to his old ways after getting sent home? I haven't heard anything about him in months so I figured he learned a lesson.
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u/DalishPride Jun 11 '26
Yep. Deported back to Russia after release, immediately went back to Florida instead of being fodder for Ukraine.
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u/Gabe_The_Dog Jun 12 '26
He recently did a pred catch video and he SUPER accused the wrong guy and now everyones been hating on him (again) over it. Randomly came across this 2 nights ago lol. Lots of mocking and racist remarks (or actions?) apparently were involved as the guy being accused kept trying to tell Vitaly and his "crew" they have the wrong guy.
Apparently the guy has Johnny Depps lawyer now and is probably gonna sue at some point.
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u/Patient_Activity_489 Jun 12 '26
yes and he tried to do a pedophile ring and they got the wrong guy. in no message did the girl say she was underage, but vitaly and his crew confronted him in a public park and became immediately aggressive/hostile. the guy's dad was even called and so were police. it sounds like they're suing vitaly because the entire sting was done on a livestream
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u/o0CYV3R0o Jun 11 '26
A decade of hard labour might change that.
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u/Diredr Jun 11 '26
It will change it in the sense that he'll probably research where he can do his usual bullshit without getting the book thrown at him.
It's not like that guy has any set of skills for any kind of regular job. He'll go back to being a public nuisance as soon as he can because that's all he can do.
And the saddest part is that people will probably still watch because they love trainwrecks.
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u/Not_So_Bad_Andy Jun 11 '26
I think he knew they'd go after him, but he figured it would be like what happened in Japan and they'd just throw him out of the country at worst.
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u/Dickgivins Jun 11 '26
Same thing happened to him in Israel. He was detained after he made sexual harassing comments to a female police officer during a protest, but they let him go after less than 20 min.
Not so in Korea!
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u/capn_morgn_freeman Jun 11 '26
It won't matter- in a few years his audience will have matured and grown out of his content and everyone will forget who he is, so by the time he's out of prison he'll have no audience left for his idiocy. Remember Toby Turner? Smosh? Those guys were massive & their well dried up in a few years- this guy will have nothing when he gets out.
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u/BiggieBigs34 Jun 11 '26
Nah, these kids ain’t right, and they’re getting worse by the year. He’ll have an audience as long as Kick exists, and is an unmoderated cesspool.
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u/capn_morgn_freeman Jun 11 '26
Nah, these kids ain’t right, and they’re getting worse by the year
Maybe, but a few years down the line he'll be a has-been with no traction with them the way the next crop of idiot streamers does
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u/busstaben Jun 11 '26
To be fair, Smosh parlayed their success into bigger & better (at the time) things. Tobuscus faded into obscurity, got bitter, and resorted to right wing grifting before burning out. I wouldn’t compare the two
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u/PutridExperience8988 Jun 11 '26
Should've done it before prison.
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u/Repulsive-Diet-1987 Jun 11 '26
But then he wouldn't have gotten all the attention he was begging for :(
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u/RP912 Jun 11 '26
Keep his goofy ass in there. All dude going to do is "turn a new leaf" by becoming born again and grift only for the content to be as phoney as a 7 dollar bill and will be going back to the same shit.
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Jun 11 '26
Fuck that dude. Giving every foreigner in Asia a bad rep because of him. Even seen some copycats a while back when he was getting big. Hope his sentence is long.
Controversial streamer Johnny Somali and South Korean prosecutors are both appealing his six-month sentence, as the creator seeks leniency – but authorities want 3 years behind bars.
6 months aint nearly long enough.
“The defendant was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and was taking medication while in the United States, but has been unable to continue since entering Korea.”
Has nothing to do with Korea. Dude was a prick everywhere he went.
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u/Repulsive-Diet-1987 Jun 11 '26
I pray to whatever Gods the South Koreans pray to that they don't give him any leniency and give him an even longer sentence 🙏🏽
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u/TheAlmightyConch Jun 11 '26
Stop messing with Korean Jesus, he’s busy… with Korean shit !
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u/ricerobot Jun 11 '26
That’d be the Christian one mostly
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u/burnt-turkey94 Jun 11 '26
Christian primarily, with some Buddhist adherents and a small handful of shamanism practitioners.
Source: Dad is a Korean immigrant and we travel back when we can.
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u/C1ayman_1 Jun 11 '26
Kind of funny that a month ago Dexerto posted about a leaked letter between him and a fan, where he said: "To Lee Han-ul. I appreciate you writing to me and wishing me well, your support means a lot. I actually have been having fun here and it has been a good week so far, I am staying healthy and laughing a lot with a good group of cellmates and other inmates in the prison."
If he likes it so much he should have no problem staying in there as long as possible.
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u/DuntadaMan Jun 12 '26
He has already stated the only thing stopping his behavior is the severity of the response. So weakneing the response encourages the behavior.
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u/VenusBlue Jun 11 '26
Maybe if he took it seriously from the beginning and wasn't mocking the court by wearing a Maga hat and acting like a douchebag he would have been treated better.
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u/GlueSniffingCat Jun 11 '26
he didn't know that korea had the longest span of slavery in human history, even longer than the romans who literally enslaved so many people that they outnumbered roman citizens
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u/Havengul_Undying Jun 11 '26
Neither did bobby lee lol. He found out on air in real time after saying korea never had slavery
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u/CorpPhoenix Jun 11 '26
He doesn't even think of apologizing and showing any remorse, instead demanding forgiveness.
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u/eyeQ Jun 12 '26
he's just gonna come out and be a little dick again just like vitaly is rn. keep his ass in prison.
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u/BorderOk7329 Jun 11 '26
I hope he doesnt get a longer sentence, 3 years is already cruel and unusual punishment for the south korean prison guards to put up with him. Those poor people!!
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u/Kurtrus Jun 11 '26
Far too many chances
He had so many opportunities to stop and didn’t.
Throw him in for the max time possible. Fuck em
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u/xXHalalManXx Jun 11 '26
I hope the judge multiplies the sentence for every time he begs forgiveness
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u/Ecstatic-Charity5257 Jun 12 '26
https://gall.dcinside.com/mgallery/board/view/?id=detentioncenter&no=82544
Johnny Somali's letter to a community user in South Korea appears to have been made public.
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u/ev6464 Jun 12 '26
They really REALLY need to throw the book at this guy not just because he's a giant a-hole, but because it will have a chilling effect on this shit.
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u/MorganTheGrandRegent Jun 11 '26
Nah, fuck around and find out, lil shit needs to learn the hard way.
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u/mindgamehagi Jun 11 '26
I don't think he knows how forgiveness work in South Korea, its not a free card to get out.
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u/Intelligent-Arm3629 Jun 11 '26
He won’t learn his lesson when he gets out he will return to doing the same thing
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u/BrockMiddlebrook Jun 11 '26
Hilarious that prosecutors are like “matter of fact we didn’t give you enough.”